Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970) Part 10

Charles Forbin(Eric Braeden) is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees to allow it. As soon as the link is established the two become a new Super computer and threaten the world with the immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossus begins to give it's plans for the management of the world under it's guidance. Forbin and the other scientists(Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert and Leonid Rostoff) form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.

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[wargamer0010]

they could have cut the power to the silos

[ColossusMov]

As soon as one attempted that it would have sensed it and would have launched some or all missles from the Soviet Union and the USA. .. too terrible to risk.

[SkyDiver17]

what I don't understand is why didn't they cut the power lines to Colossus and end the circus.

[ColossusMov]

It was designed to be self-sustaining... It has it's own nuclear energy source and can function for many, many years.... without the aid of man.

[magnaported]

I wonder what ever happened to that final scene at the very very end where it showed the planet rittled by nuclear war and a few scruffy, dirty, skinny people crawling over the rubble of a blown up city?

[ColossusMov]

Another movie....

[cro499]

Only alien technology can defeat Colossus. Thanks ColossusMov for uploading this brilliant thought-provoking movie.

[sonoki82]

Wow. I can't believe how good this movie is. I am surprised I had not heard of this before. Thank you so much for uploading.

I thought they would go for a happy Hollywood ending - Colossus foiled at the last minute by human ingenuity. But they didn't go the obvious route. And they leave you wanting more. All around a really good movie.

I agree with ballantrae101: take the one-shot nuclear hit and then turn the damn thing off.

[tilemacro]

@llewgnal 666 the ancient number of Appolon the Greek God of knowledge.

For years this number was only a symbol for the Mystics studying mathematics in ancient Greece.

It was Given Much attention by Christianity, cause Christianity and knowledge cant

co exist.

No need to believe if you know.

You could not spread a made up faith in a made up god if people know the truth.

So much hate to the priests of Appolon, who called Christians lairs and fakes.

So 666 is the devils symbol now.

[FylthyBeest]

@cbak12sg Are you sick or just pathetic?

[MrStillmans]

They could play mind games with it, saying go ahead kill us all, then no one will be able to build your machines. If that doesn't work, people can always dig out vaults. Colossus could not stop people from using simple shovels and cement mixers all over the globe.

[PC3900]

I read a remake is being made with Will Smith. Ugh. The principle actors from this version are still alive, they should do a sequeol.

[spiritech999]

Traditional belief systems function for continued species survival. Variations enhance risk, chance and necessity.

Beneficial, positive and life sustaining become traditional belief systems and are repeated as culture and civilization; i.e., Religion and Science.

Prohibitions and restrictions as parental projections of identification: "For Your Own Good," "See What You Made Me Do," and "You Forced My Hand,"

The Paradox of Freedom:"The lease of freedom is tethered to the stake of necessity."

[llewgnal]

Colossus had internal emergency backup in mountain...

[llewgnal]

Outstanding, Truely the future...seen this when it first came out, Parallels with Revelation, If you take a=6,b=12,c=18,and so on in the alphabet, then take the word computer, add the letters up it = 666, The word computer is spelled the same everywhere ??? P.S. As long as you are haveing fun, that all that counts.

[BananaGear]

nuke colossos now, turn it to glass, before its to late.

great upload.

[AJNorth1]

Paul Frees also made an uncredited cameo appearance in Howard Hawks' 1951 "The Thing (From Another World)" as Dr. Vorhees.

Perhaps in the not too distant future this will become available in its original aspect ratio till then, this will do.

Thanks for posting this well done and truly thought-provoking cautionary tale.

[AngryOfMayfair]

What a superb movie. I haven't seen this in 20 years or more, and it was a real treat to see it again after all that rime. I hope they don't screw up the remake - it's too good a story for that.

A thoroughly entertaining and thought provoking movie.